Stony Point State Park

Left Tablet:

Stony Point

A British Outpost

commanding the King’s Ferry

Assaulted and taken

July 15-16, 1779

by the Corps of light infantry

commanded by

Anthony Wayne

Renamed Fort Wayne

Acquired by the State of New York

1897

The American Scenic and Historic

Preservation Society

custodians.

Right Tablet:

The Society Daughters of the Revolution of the ...

Revolutionary War Cannon

Forged in 1762 in Leicester,

England, this cannon was part

of an outpost located near here

to defend the causeway at Four

Holes Creek during the

Revolutionary War. It was

recovered from the creek

beneath six feet of silt by a

bridge work crew in 1921.

(Plaque Behind Cannon):

A ...

London Avenue Canal Floodwall Breach

On August 29, 2005, tidal surge from Hurricane Katrina exposed design flaws in the London Avenue Canal floodwall, part of the Federal Flood Protection System. The floodwater killed many Gentilly residents and their beloved pets. The breach was one of ...

Historic Hopedale / Clark Gable, "The King of Hollywood"

Side one:

Platted by educator and abolitionist Cyrus NcNeely in 1849, Hopedale was the site of McNeely Normal School, later Hopedale Normal College, the first coeducational college for teachers in eastern Ohio. It operated from 1849 to 1902. Among its graduates ...

Old Hanging Tree

Gallows used Sept. 12, 1879, at public hanging of "Pocket", an Indian, killer of Englishman Leonard Hyde. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1967

Marker is on Park Road 3.

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Lest We Forget

Dedicated to the brave men and women who have served and fought for our country.

Listing of military actions and dates

Revolutionary War (1775-1783)

Indian Wars (1789-1898)

Franco-American Naval War (1798-1800)

Barbary Wars (1801-05, 1815)

War of 1812 (1812-1815)

Marquesas Islands (1814)

West Indies (1822-1825)

Sumatra (1832)

Texas War of ...

Simpson United Methodist Church

This congregation grew from an early Sunday school class directed by Annas Brown, Richard Dukes and Mrs. Vina Harris Forehand, Members of Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, for residents of the far eastern section of Austin. In December 1880 the ...

Saratoga Monument

Triumphant from their spectacular victory in the Battles of Saratoga, American troops pursued British forces that retreated to these grounds. After a brief siege, the British surrendered, marched down this hill and laid down their weapons on October 17, 1777 ...

Brig. Gen. Albert Gallatin Jenkins, C.S.A.

Born November 10, 1830 in Greenbottom, Virginia, he was a graduate of Jefferson College and studied law at Harvard University. Albert Jenkins served as U.S. Congressman from 1857 to 1861 and then resigned to serve the confederacy. Thereafter, he served ...

First U.S. Girl Scout Day Camp

We Proudly Honor

The Site Of The

First U.S. Girl Scout

Day Camp

1922

Girl Scouts of Newington

March 12, 1987

Marker is on Garfield Street 0.1 miles south of Mill Street, on the left when traveling south.

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